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The Construction Leadership Council has issued Site Operating Procedures Version 6...

The Competence Steering Group (CSG) has released its final report called “Setting the Bar” with the aim of a competency based framework across the construction industry...

With construction methods evolving and moving away from the tradition of projects being constructed entirely (or largely) on site, what additional risks do the parties need to consider and how can these be conquered?..

As regular visitors to this blog will be aware the Supreme Court decided in Bresco Electrical Services Ltd v Michael J Lonsdale (Electrical) Ltd [2020] UKSC 25 that an insolvent party can adjudicate a dispute...

The Financial Conduction Authority brought a test case to assess whether or not a variety of insurance policy wording for non-damage business interruption cover provided cover due to Covid-19...

It is interesting to note that FIDIC is planning to launch the updated version of its Short Form (Green Book) contract at the end of this year / start of next year...

The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (“FSO”) regulates fire-safety in non-domestic premises, including workplaces and the non-domestic parts of blocks of flats...

The London Court of International Arbitration (“LCIA”) has published its new 2020 LCIA Arbitration Rules which will apply to any LCIA Arbitration commenced after 1 October 2020 (unless the parties have agreed otherwise)...

In the recent case of Rochford Construction v Kilhan Construction ([2020] EWHC 941 (TCC)), the Technology and Construction Court has said...

As part of the response to the Grenfell tragedy, the Government has recently introduced the Building Safety Bill...

The Business and Planning Act 2020 (BPA 2020) received Royal Assent on 22 July 2020...

As noted in the one of our early blogs in our MF/1 series, MF/1 contains a number of model forms as appendices and these include a parent company guarantee (PCG) and a bond – or actually bonds, in the form of both a performance bond and a demand bond...